Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2
सिद्धा नाम सुराः पूर्वं तत्रागत्य वरानने । लिंगं संस्थापयामासुः सिद्ध्यर्थं सर्ववस्तुषु
siddhā nāma surāḥ pūrvaṃ tatrāgatya varānane | liṃgaṃ saṃsthāpayāmāsuḥ siddhyarthaṃ sarvavastuṣu
ഹേ വരാനനേ, പുരാതനകാലത്ത് ‘സിദ്ധർ’ എന്ന ദേവഗണം അവിടെ വന്ന്, എല്ലാ കാര്യങ്ങളിലും സിദ്ധി ലഭിക്കണമെന്ന ആഗ്രഹത്തോടെ ഒരു ലിംഗം സ്ഥാപിച്ചു।
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Siddheśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: A procession of Siddhas—radiant yogic beings—arrive at Prabhāsa and install a liṅga with ritual implements; the air shimmers with mantra and austerity.
FAQs
Sacred installations (liṅga-pratiṣṭhā) performed with devotion become enduring sources of spiritual accomplishment (siddhi).
The Siddheśvara liṅga-site in Prabhāsa Kṣetra, established by the Siddhas.
Liṅga establishment is referenced as the founding act; by implication, worship there is tied to attaining siddhi.